Today is a day of rest.
I started crying in grad school last night, and I was not the only one.
It's the time of the year when everything is in full swing--progress reports came out on Monday, the longest day of professional development was on Wednesday, and too many grad school projects were due Thursday.
On top of that, all my freshmen met with their counselors during class Monday to plan out their next four years of high school (which is awesome), but it took away from teaching time. Same goes for this coming week--picture day will occur during all English classes, taking away from teaching time.
I'm doing my best. My teaching feels more organized than last year, and students seem to be grasping concepts with more fervor than they did last year--but I still feel like there is too much to cover in the short amount of time I'm being given between now and the end of the quarter.
So, I'm taking the day off. It may seem counterintuitive--leaving my kids with a sub and "read these chapters and answer these questions" lesson plans, but I need to get creative to figure out how they're going to learn what they need to in the next four weeks.
I also seriously need to recharge, and do some grad school homework. If my brain is fried, I don't function well. So here I am, today--taking a mental health day. Letting my brain rest and heal.
It is lovely.
